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Oxides of Nitrogen
Oxides of nitrogen mainly nitrogen dioxide NO 2 are formed when air is involved in high temperature combustion such as happens in power plants and in engines Nitric oxide NO is also formed but quickly ...
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Pine Marten
Pine Marten
The Burren provides a natural habitat for one of Ireland's shyest mammals, the pine marten.
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Mountain Avens
Mountain Avens
The mountain avens is an Arctic-Alpine plant. It flowers abundantly in sheets of cream and gold in the Burren, Co. Clare.
Courtesy of Carsten Krieger.
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Sphagnum Moss
Sphagnum Moss
Sphagnum moss, also known as bog moss, is commonly found in peat bogs in Ireland.
Courtesy of CJ Fallon Ltd.
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Ambient Air Quality
Air quality in Ireland is assessed by measuring concentrations of pollutants at a number of locations around the country and comparing the results with air quality standards and limit values that have ...
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Petter's 2-stroke Petrol-Paraffin Oil Engine
Petter's 2-stroke Petrol-Paraffin Oil Engine
A Petter's 2-stroke Petrol-Paraffin Oil Engine. Many engines like this can be viewed at Stradbally Steam Rally.
Courtesy of Sean McEvoy, Mountmellick, Co Laois.
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Poolbeg - the site of the Dublin plant
Poolbeg - the site of the Dublin plant
This is the site for the Dublin thermal treatment plant. The current power station is currently owned by ESB and sits beside the now-decommissioned Pidgeon House generating station where electricity was first generated in 1903.
Copyright John Kennedy
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Ozone
Most of the ozone found on earth is high up in the sky in the stratospheric ozone layer There it performs the very important function of protecting us from the sun s ultravoilet radiation A small ...
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Land Use in Ireland
Forestry Ireland has an estimated 6 9million hectares of land of which about 64 or 4 44 million hectares is suitable for agriculture An estimated 745 456 hectares or 10 of total land is used for ...
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Carbon Monoxide
Carbon monoxide is a dangerous gas that is formed by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuel Most carbon monoxide in the atmosphere comes from motor vehicles and so is higher in areas where traffic ...